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Author Mao, LuMing.

Title Reading Chinese Fortune Cookie : the Making of Chinese American Rhetoric.

Imprint Logan : Utah State University Press, 2006.
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Contents Introduction: thinking through paradoxes -- 1. Opening topics: reading Chinese fortune cookie -- 2. Face to face: Chinese and European American -- 3. Indirection versus directness: a relation of complementarity -- 4. Terms of contact reconfigured: ("shu" or "reciprocity") encountering individualism -- 5. From classroom to community: Chinese American rhetoric on the ground -- 6. Closing comment: Chinese fortune cookie as a topic again.
Summary LuMing Mao offers an important discussion of the rhetoric of Chinese American speakers, which has wide implications for the teaching of writing in English and for our understanding of cross-cultural influences in discourse.
Note Print version record.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index.
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Language English.
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Subject English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
Chinese Americans -- Languages.
Chinese language -- Influence on English.
Language and culture -- United States.
Intercultural communication -- United States.
Sociolinguistics.
Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis -- Rhétorique.
Américains d'origine chinoise -- Langues.
Langage et culture -- États-Unis.
Sociolinguistique.
Chinois (Langue) -- Influence sur l'anglais.
sociolinguistics.
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Arts & Humanities.
Chinese language -- Influence on English
English language -- Rhetoric
Intercultural communication
Language and culture
Sociolinguistics
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Other Form: Print version: 9780874216400
ISBN 9780874215380 (electronic bk.)
0874215382 (electronic bk.)
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0874216400 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
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